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Univision 41 Reporter Myriam Ayala Gets ‘Voices of the People’ in Run up to 2005 Elections
Gets public input to quiz candidates
New York, NY -- Univision 41 (WXTV), New York’s premier Spanish-language TV station, is sending veteran reporter Myriam Ayala to get the “Voices of the People.” “Las Voces del Pueblo con Myriam Ayala” (The Voices of the People with Myriam Ayala) will be seen Thursdays on the 6 pm “Noticias Univision 41” (Univision 41 News) with anchors Rafael Pineda and Denisse Oller.
In the new feature, Ayala, the most senior “Noticias Univision 41” reporter after anchor Rafael Pineda, will visit area businesses to ask people what is on their minds -- what would they ask the candidates for Mayor of New York and Governor of New Jersey if they were conducting the interview. The locations could be a beauty parlor in El Barrio, a Restaurant in Union City, New Jersey, or a loading dock in The Bronx. Ayala has been with WXTV for 22 years.
“What better way is there to understand what is on people’s minds than to spend some time with them?” Univision 41 news director Norma Morato asked rhetorically. “To my mind, this is far more effective than polling.”
In “Las Voces del Pueblo,” Ayala will take a page from the playbook of Gordon Elliott, the imposing Australian broadcast personality who made a name for himself knocking on doors unannounced for Fox TV’s “Good Day New York.”
“Myriam will go to her locations unannounced,” Morato says. “There will be no setup, no spin, no warning. Then, as the campaign progresses and we question the candidates, we can ask them with certainty how they will address what is on people’s minds because we’ll have the videotape of people telling us what is on their minds. If the candidates want to know what might be coming their way, they should watch ‘Noticias Univision 41’ on Thursday nights at 6.”
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 27 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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Frankie Miranda
Univision WXTV 41/ New York
201-287-8800
Ted Faraone
Faraone Communications
212-489-1313
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